"With receipt of this instrument of accession let me be the very first to welcome Sweden as a party to the Washington Treaty and the 32nd member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization."
“收到这份加入文件后,请允许我首先欢迎瑞典成为《华盛顿条约》的缔约国和北大西洋公约组织的第32个成员国。”
Sweden finally joining after it had been blocked by both Turkey and Hungary, those countries finally relented.
虽然此前土耳其和匈牙利一度出面阻挠,但随着这些国家做出让步,瑞典还是最终加入了北约。
Country's Prime Minister saying Sweden is now ending decades of neutrality,
瑞典首相表示,瑞典将结束维持数十年的中立地位,
something that he called "a major step, but nowadays in light of what Russia is doing a necessary one."
他称这是“重大的一步,但鉴于俄罗斯的所作所为,这也是必要的一步。”
"We are humble, but we are also proud. We will live up to high expectations from all NATO allies.
“我们感到谦卑,也感到自豪,我们将不辜负所有北约盟国的厚望。
United we stand. Unity and solidarity will be Sweden's guiding light as a NATO member."
团结就是力量,团结一致将成为瑞典作为北约成员国的指路明灯。”
Sweden joins Finland becoming a member of NATO in the last couple of years, the opposite of what Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted.
瑞典是继芬兰之后,又一个在过去几年间成为北约成员国的国家,而这与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京所希望的背道而驰。
Now NATO is expanding, and as for the Swedish Prime Minister, he is at the White House today, he will be a guest of honor at Joe Biden's State of the Union Address tonight.
现在北约正在扩张,而至于瑞典首相,他今天人在白宫,将成为今晚乔·拜登总统国情咨文演讲的贵宾。